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until night put a close to
Fighting between Hancock and Hill continued until night put a close to it.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

using new private and club tennis
As they are constantly laying out and regularly using new private and club tennis courts all over the country, the Race will in due time mould one of its Tally R. Holmes into a Wm.
— from Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks by William Henry Harrison

up narrow passes and checking the
They were under no control, and were always first mounted up and away, blocking up narrow passes and checking the advance of the army with their donkeys, after repeated orders to follow in rear of their respective corps, or their donkeys would be shot.
— from Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 by Charles Oman

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